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Edberg on the time spent with Roger Federer as a coach.
Winning is all about the moments, the little details. The domination of the current Big 3, with Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, these giants who rewrite tennis records, also rests on subtle foundations.
Just look at the research of Craig O’Shannessy, coach and match analysis pioneer, who worked with world No.1 Novak Djokovic and who is a consultant for the Italian Tennis Federation.
On the ATP website, he analyzed the points gained by players on the big circuit since 1991, and this is also the first year that this type of data has been recorded.
Even if we only consider the 2020 season, we can see that the small differences generate big effects. The top 50 in the ATP rankings, for every hundred points won an average of 51 points and lost 49.
In a similar scenario, the superiority of Nadal and Djokovic is clearly visible. The two best players in the world are also part of the top 50th those with the highest percentage of points won in the main ATP tables: the Spaniard reaches…
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